The weekend is typically a time of minimal internet dwelling and more outdoor living (Vitamin D is good for you). Here a bunch of articles, tidbits, and videos that should hold your interest until, oh, let’s see happy hour.
Souter’s Replacement: Will it be a woman, a minority, or both?
“Do You Feel Safer?” ad: House Minority [...]
Tags: gop · john boehner · michelle obama · poliPicks · politics · supreme court · swine flu · The Great Recession · the rich · torture
Senate Majority leader, Harry Reid (D-NV), is coming out with a new book: The Good Fight. Last January, he was well aware that any new book dealing with politics in the United States must have AT LEAST 15 pages dedicated to loving/trashing/analyzing Obama. So he did just that and wrote a 15-page epilogue titled, “The [...]
Tags: harry reid · john mccain · obama · politics
In a sharp move away from what his Chief of Staff, Rahm Emmanuel, said over the weekend, President Obama told reporters today that he is open to a deeper investigation of the controversial interrogation techniques used during the Bush administration.
This has been a tug-of-war between Obama and the GOP. There was even talk that the [...]
Politico’s Carrie Budoff Brown writes about the state of disorganization the GOP and the right is in trying to figure out how to combat Obama’s proposed healthcare reform. Newt Ginrich, the former Speaker of the House, has become one of the most vocal opponents to pretty much anything Obama proposes, including his universal healthcare plan. [...]
Tags: gop · health care · obama · politics
She’s unwilling to apologize. She says Democrats and others decrying her remarks are trying to make it “all about race.” Hear hear! Here are her completely misinterpreted comments while debating some voter identification legislation:
It comes before the fall, I hear. Yet, according to new research, pride is often needed to pick oneself back up, and if overdone, become a narcissist. There is a saying that in order to be successful in politics you need a big head and broad shoulders. Is it any surprise that many politicians have [...]
Tags: politics · Psychology
In a chat with Politico, former Speaker of the House, Republican Newt Gingrich, echoed the sentiments made clear by former VP Dick Cheney a few weeks ago: US is less safe under Obama.
“No, seriously, people, I don’t know where I parked my car. A white Jaguar. Anyone? Joseph Smith-dammit.” photocredit:Dave Delay
The man with the most precise and indestructible side part in political history, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, has come to defend the unlikeliest of people: the president.
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